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Smart Thermostat lets iPhone/iPod Touch users remotely regulate temperature in their homes; Special equipment required, of course

IntoMobile — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:50:19 +0000

A company called ecobee has released a new application in the AppStore called Smart Thermostat, allowing users with compatible (i.e. expensive) systems to remotely adjust the thermostat’s temperature, schedule or…

Motorola Droid Exposed – The Teardown Aftermath

IntoMobile — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:25:47 +0000

As we wind down our Friday afternoon and wind up for the weekend, we’re going to leave you with some intimate images of the Motorola Droid. The folks over at…

ZTE to launch an Android-powered smartphone in U.S. in 2010?

IntoMobile — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:51 +0000

ZTE wants its piece of the Android pie. The Chinese company is apparently in the midst of talks with all four major carriers in the U.S., pitching them with what…

Chinese iPhone users embrace the AppStore

IntoMobile — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:18:01 +0000

The iPhone just recently made its debut in China. Thanks to a three-year deal with China Unicom, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has finally managed to bring the iPhone to the world’s largest…

Music player manufacturer Creative working on Android powered mobile phone?

IntoMobile — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:47 +0000

Back when buying an MP3 player was cool, the only worthy competitor to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was Creative. Their devices were sexy, price competitive, and to this day they offer…

Apple iPhone takes third place in Q3 global smartphone sales

IntoMobile — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:03 +0000

There’s no denying the almost magical draw of the iPhone and the world of good it’s done for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s bottom line. A new report from Gartner today backs up that…

Brief: Bill Lee, lawyer who represented Broadcom, will represent Apple in case against Nokia

IntoMobile — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:06 +0000

Law.com posted something that probably very few IntoMobile readers care about, but I’ll share it none the less:

In Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s big patent showdown with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) over iPhone technology,…

Analyst: Nokia sells the most phones, but Apple makes the most money

IntoMobile — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:47:31 +0000

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) makes close to 4 out of every 10 handsets sold on the planet and in Q3 2009 the Finnish firm made $1.1 in operating profit on the…

Verizon unfazed by lawsuit, continues with the AT&T 3G bash-fest

IntoMobile — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:46:02 +0000

It’s becoming almost trendy to hate on AT&T (NYSE: T)’s 3G network, and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless is pushing hard to make the trend stick. So hard, in fact, that…

Hacker cracks latest iPhone OS, Apple starts looking for iPhone security manager

IntoMobile — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:45:04 +0000

The cat-and-mouse game between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and would-be iPhone hackers is about to get a little more interesting. Following the recent release of “blacksn0w,” an iPhone unlocking tool capable of…

iPhone game developer sued for farming phone numbers

IntoMobile — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:34:36 +0000

iPhone gaming can be hazardous to your privacy, apparently. A security hole in the iPhone OS allows someone with the right know-how to design an iPhone app to secretly learn…

Rumor: Next generation iPhone to be RFID enabled

IntoMobile — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:45:45 +0000

Chalk this one up as a highly suspicious piece of information, but Einar Rosenberg, who is in charge of the Near Field Communications group on LinkedIn, a social network no…

IDC + Canalys: Q3 2009 was a record breaker for smartphone shipments

IntoMobile — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:07:48 +0000

The economy, which is experiencing either a recession, or depression depending on who you ask, is starting to look better, but make no mistake, a lot of people are still…

IDC + Canalys: Q3 2009 was a record breaker for smartphone shipments

IntoMobile — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:07:48 +0000

The economy, which is experiencing either a recession, or depression depending on who you ask, is starting to look better, but make no mistake, a lot of people are still…

Apple App Store Crosses 100,000 App Threshold

IntoMobile — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:58:26 +0000

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has just announced a milestone of sorts. 100,000 apps are now available in the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. 15,000 of which are fart…

T-Mobile Suffering Heavy-Duty Service Outage

IntoMobile — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:34:28 +0000

Sound the air raid sirens, duck under your desks, T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)’s wireless network is undergoing a pretty hardcore service interruption. From their Twitter account:

All – We’re aware of the…

Chorus for iPhone makes iPhone app discovery more social (and convenient)

IntoMobile — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:47:21 +0000

The iPhone AppStore is a wonderful place filled with tens of thousands of really nifty and useful iPhone apps. It’s also cluttered with iPhone apps that make fart noises and calculate…

Adobe: No you can’t have Flash on your iPhone/iTouch and you should blame Apple for that!

IntoMobile — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:44:17 +0000

Ever tried visiting Adobe’s “Download Flash” page from an iPhone or iPod Touch? It’s hilarious as you can see from the screenshot above. Since Adobe couldn’t get Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to…

AT&T Slapped with Another iPhone MMS Class Action Suit

IntoMobile — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:50 +0000

In the middle of August, AT&T (NYSE: T) was on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit in Louisiana for not enabling MMS on the iPhone as they said…

Are O2 prioritising certain types of data traffic for the iPhone?

IntoMobile — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:26:50 +0000

….. or are certain apps on the iPhone just not very good at connecting to the network? Let me tell you my story…

The other day there was a particular track…

Apple ramping up iPhone 3GS production for the holidays

IntoMobile — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:13:46 +0000

The holiday shopping season is right around the corner, and you know what that means. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is going to make another killing. The latest rumors circling Taiwanese manufacturers…

blackra1n RC2 now available to jailbreak new (OTB) iPhone 3GS

IntoMobile — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:07:10 +0000

iPhone hacker George “geohot” Hotz has released an update to his “blackra1n” jailbreak utility that should give new iPhone 3Gs owners reason to celebrate. The blackra1n RC2 update will jailbreak…

Does the NYT know something about the rumored Apple Tablet?

IntoMobile — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:15:49 +0000

This is not real, it's a mockup. Sure is pretty though...

The tech community is buzzing (again) about the possibility that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will release an Apple Tablet computer of some…

New Windows Mobile ad takes aim at ridiculous iPhone apps

IntoMobile — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:28:06 +0000

Now that they have their own Windows Mobile application store, dubbed Windows Marketplace for Mobile, it looks like Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is taking an “open season” stance on Apple (NSDQ:…

iPhone sales drive Apple to record setting Q4

IntoMobile — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:32:46 +0000

Apple has just announced their Q4 2009 financial report, and it’s looking like another record-setting quarter for the iPhone maker. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) just posted a quarterly revenue of $9.87…

T-Mobile gets class-action sued over Sidekick snafu

IntoMobile — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:12:15 +0000

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) have come out with assurances that most (probably all) Sidekick data has been recovered and will soon be restored to affected Sidekicks. You’d think that…

New iPhone 3GS Units Resist Jailbreak

IntoMobile — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:53:09 +0000

Bad news, everyone! The latest iPhone 3GSes are apparently shipping with a ROM that is no longer vulnerable to the 24kpwn exploit that had made the last jailbreak possible. Members of…

MobileMe data falling into strangers’ hands?

IntoMobile — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:56:37 +0000

Your MobileMe data isn’t as private as you probably thought it was. Following on T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)’s own cloud-service fiasco, a MobileMe service registration/renewal bug has been discovered that could…

Digg iPhone app in works

IntoMobile — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:04:13 +0000

By simply searching for “digg” in the AppStore, you’ll see there are quite a few apps that can work with the popular social news service. However, the official app isn’t…

Adobe Flash 10.1 coming to a smartphone near you, unless it’s an iPhone

IntoMobile — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:27:25 +0000

Adobe has been working to bring full Flash support to smartphones since last year, and it looks like things are finally coming to a head. Adobe has announced that its Adobe Flash…

FHM Mens Magazine hits the AppStore

IntoMobile — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:38:46 +0000

FHM Mens Magazine now has an iPhone app. Using it, iPhone/iPod Touch-ownin’ men can read/watch the magazine’s content while on the go. Popular sections including “Joke of the Day” and…

R.I.P. #24: Yet another suicide in France; Orange employee left a note blaming work

IntoMobile — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:28:14 +0000

Today the 24th suicide to occur over the past 18 months of a France Telecom employee has just happened. The unidentified man was a 51 year old father of two.…

Great headline, but probably never going to happen: EU considering issuing a recall on the iPhone

IntoMobile — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:15:01 +0000

Meglena Kuneva, EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, is a bit pissed off that she has had to receive complaints from Britain, France and Germany about iPhones hurting people thanks to…

Great headline, but probably never going to happen: EU considering issuing a recall on the iPhone

IntoMobile — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:15:01 +0000

Meglena Kuneva, EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, is a bit pissed off that she has had to receive complaints from Britain, France and Germany about iPhones hurting people thanks to…

John Martin, former Vice President of iPhone and Mac Internet Services at Apple, joining Nokia

IntoMobile — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:51:26 +0000

John Martin, who according to his LinkedIn profile was Vice President of iPhone and Mac Internet Services at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) from August 2005 to September 2008, is joining Nokia…

Former Apple Newton developer rehired by Apple, is now Vice President of Product Marketing

IntoMobile — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:16:20 +0000

The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Newton, for those of you who can’t remember the 90s thanks to popping too many extasy tablets at raves, was a PDA (personal digital assistant) operating…

Apple: 2 billion applications downloaded, 85,000 apps total, 50 million iPod Touch + iPhones out there

IntoMobile — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:51:38 +0000

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has just released a number heavy press release, here is what you need to know:

Between the iPhone and the iPod Touch, there are now over 50 million…

iTunes Gets OK from USB Forum to Block Pre Media Sync

IntoMobile — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:19 +0000

Palm has been persistently updating its media sync capabilities to match Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s continued blockage in iTunes updates, but the iPhone-maker can claim a larger victory today. The USB…

Report: US smartphone mobile app market to pass $4 billion mark by 2013

IntoMobile — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:33:57 +0000

The mobile applications space is booming. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s AppStore saw almost 1,400 iPhone apps launching in just a single day, that, in and of itself, could be taken as…

Apple approves 1,400 iPhone apps in one day, mostly crap

IntoMobile — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:32:57 +0000

The flood of iPhone apps hitting the AppStore doesn’t seem to be abating anytime soon. While the likes of the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) App World and webOS App Catalog add…